Models

So, in case you didn't already know, I'm not much of a "people person." This is kind of a problem because I'm going to have lots and lots of assignments where I have to shoot people. This means I'm going to have to approach strangers, try to establish some sort of connection with them and ask them to model for me. That's scary!! That's also another reason why I need a job, so I can see more people than just my classmates.

I'm spoiled by the small classes here at Brooks. We started out with like 18 people in our section, now it's down to like, 12 (plus people who are repeating this class, which is quite a few). I don't think it's a hard class, it's just a class where you have to do you work on time and accurately. And there's at least 2 assignments to be done every week. Re shoots pile up and next thing you know it's week 6 and a third of your assignments are unaccounted for! I guess I should mention that there are only 7 weeks of classes each session, and all of the final assignments are due week 6 so they can be reviewed by the class the next week. Week 7 is always a breeze, it's week 6 that kills ya.

Also I can't imagine ever taking more than two classes at a time.

I'm really excited about Lighting Theory (my newest class). We're really starting to learn some important skills that we'd really have to know in order to do professional work. Up until now the classes have been useful (for the most part), but I think the point if those classes are more for getting you into the mind-set of a professional, rather than teaching professional skills. Last session they threw some terms and blurbs at us about lighting but we didn't have any lighting assignments. In this class we're using electronic flash, on and off camera, as well as getting creative with light modifiers. I think my flash is the nicest piece of equipment I have. I couldn't afford a nice DSLR, or a 4x5, or the fancy light meter, but I was able to splurge on my flash. It cost $400. I need to get a bigger camera bag.

I'm in SLO for the weekend because it's only week 1 and I have time to. I'm going back tomorrow night. Bryan really wanted me to come back with him because his roommate is out of town. So we can spread our immorality around the whole apartment. Woo!

I wish I could go to a real doctor for birth control. I think the generic brand they give you at Planned Parenthood is too high of a dose for me. The first week of hormones make me hella smelly. The first couple of months I used the pill it gave me even more acne. I don't get the acne anymore but I'm still stinky. I don't get cramps anymore, which is AWESOME. Because my cramps would get pretty bad. Bad enough so that both sitting and standing were uncomfortable. It's kind of weird to know the exact day my period is going to start though. It was slightly less predictable before. Actually it was all over the place, which is one of the reasons why I started taking birth control.

So let me tell you about Sarah. Sarah is the person I "shared" a room with for my first 4 months here. We lived in a crappy apartment in a loud neighborhood that was like 20 miles from school. She was never really around, she mainly lived with her boyfriend but she'd come home every evening to take a shower and get new clothes. That's all she used the place for: the shower and the closet. Obviously I didn't have the closest relatioship with her.

The night she moved out, after she had left her key and everything, she came back later and had her boyfriend break in through the window because she needed something. It scared the crap out of me! And why the hell didn't she just knock? It was really dumb.

Since it was a crappy apartment, the landlord took some money out of our deposits to make repairs after we moved out. There was a charge of $50 for blinds replacements, door repair and dresser drawer repair. When Sarah saw this she texted me and said I should reimburse her that money because she was never there. It took a couple of weeks to get that taken care of because I refused to answer her because she's a dumb bitch. But eventually I told her, straight and clear, that I was not going to give her any money and if she'd ask again I'd take it as harassment.

So then she was all pissed at me and we'd see eachother in the studios and she'd give me this horrible look and make me nervous...She's a stuck up Japanese chick from the OC and she scares me.

Just recently she emailed me on facebook about how she heard I was at some party and I was talking shit about her. Because that's totally me...So she was bitching at me for that, and she's alway so high-and-mighty and I really wish I had never knew her. She said things like "I don't need high school drama following me into college for no reason." So I told her that I pitied her for having the proper conditioning in high school drama to know what to do in a situation like this. After like the third time I told her I didn't want her talking to me anymore, she finally agreed. We don't talk to each other anymore and it's all her fault because she's a dumb bitch cunt ass face. Fuuuuuuuck her. I wanted to say that to her SO BAD but I didn't. She totally deserves to be called a bitch though. I'm sure it wouldn't be the first she heard it.

Anyway, Bryan's awake now so I'm gonna go.
Peace